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[Avionics Today Feb. 26, 2014] Curtiss-Wright brought a range of its innovative commercial and defense avionics solutions to Heli-Expo 2014, proving one of the oldest American companies is still breaking ground with industry firsts. First established in 1929 as the result of a merger between early... Read More »

[Avionics Today March 13, 2014] While the U.S. lags behind in the global commercial drone boom, experts on a panel at the Satellite 2014 conference in Washington, D.C. were more than ever focused on military and civil Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) use. When asked if the U.S. commercial development... Read More »

[Avionics Today April 11, 2014] The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command's (NAVAIR) X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) completed its first night flight over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. The Navy completed a series of night flights with the X-47B. Photo of NAVAIR. X-47B is one of several... Read More »

Just five years ago, the idea of the futuristic aircraft known as Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) dotting our skies seemed more like talk of UFO sightings than future tech, but now, I think you ve got to be pretty deluded to think that we re not going to have unmanned aircraft in the National... Read More »

[Avionics Today May 28, 2014] The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 GLobal Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) set a new record, flying 665 mission hours in one week, Northrop Grumman has confirmed. According to the aerospace and defense manufacturer, the record was achieved while flying operational and... Read More »

[Avionics Today 8-6-2014] University of Maryland (UMD) officials announced the launch of the school's new Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) testing site. Last year Maryland lost its bid to serve as one of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) six UAS testing sites, but UMD is still expecting... Read More »

A U.S. Air Force F16 in Flight. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 08-20-2014] The newest configuration of Lockheed Martin s F-16 Fighting Falcon, the F-16 V, integrated a new Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar a major capability milestone. The completion of the AESA... Read More »

Triton UAS. Photo: US Navy [Avionics Today 10-27-2014] The second of three MQ-4C Triton test aircraft made its debut at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., last week after completing its inaugural cross-country flight from Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, Calif., facility. The third... Read More »

The Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft. Photo: Boeing [Avionics Today 11-26-2014] Boeing delivered the sixth P-8I maritime patrol aircraft to the Naval Air Station Rajali in India, on schedule, to join five others being used by the Indian Navy. Based on the company s Next-Generation... Read More »

[Avionics Today 12-26-2014] The MQ-8C unmanned helicopter has completed its latest round of testing, a series of ship-based flights during a five-day trial period off the Va. coast. According to the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), the latest testing focused on evaluating the MQ-8C's launch and... Read More »

[Avionics Today 02-05-2015] Northrop Grumman has selected Thales to supply its Flight Management System (FMS) software, i-FMS200, for the avionics mission equipment package as an upgrade for the U.S. Army fleet of UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters. The upgraded version of the Black Hawk helicopter... Read More »

Are you terrified of getting a less-than-perfect score? Then this quiz should be just the thing to get you in the Halloween spirit. If you re not too busy beefing up your zombie outfit for this weekend, or better yet, your Amelia Earhart get up, we invite you to give this week s Avionics News Quiz... Read More »

News is flying out of the Dubai Airshow this week faster than we can print it well, almost. First flights, old feuds, the sharing economy and the Canadian government have made their way into this week s news quiz, if you know why you just might ace it! Content loading... Please enable... Read More »

The forecasts are impressive. Despite trepidation last year over a cooling economy and spiraling oil prices, the corporate and air-transport aircraft sectors are on the ascent, and with them the potential for growth in avionics. The timing couldn t be better, for coinciding with the robust... Read More »

The Counter-IED Market 2011-2021: Systems and Technologies for Force Protection PR Newswire NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2011 NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The Counter-IED Market 2011-2021: Systems and... Read More »